Grate-bar.



J. B. EDWARDS.

GR BAR.

APPLIUATIo r LED MAY 3.1911.

1,096,697'D IPatented May12, 1914.

WMI moco JAMES B. EDWARDS, 0F COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF 'lO ALEXANDER IVI. GIBBES, OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.

GRATE-BAR.

To all /zciom tt muy concer/L Be it known that I, .latins B. Enwauns, a citizen of the United States, residingl at Coluinbia, in the county of Richland and State of South Carolina, have invented new and useful In'iprovements in Grate-Bars, of

which the following' is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a grate bar for fireplaces and the like so that an air space will be provided beneath the grate bar proper and the same will be retained in proper position.

For the purpose mentioned, use made of an apertured grate body and a base7 the said grate body being adapted to rest on the said base and having' portions spaced therefron'i to provide an air space.

Reference is to be had to the acconunmy- :ing drawings const-itl'ltingr a part of 'this specification, in which similar characters of reference denoting' corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan View of my device. Fig'. 2 .is a longitudinal section, Fie'. 3 is a View looking' at the under side of the Lgrate body. Fig, l is a plan View of the base, one of the prongs thereof being bent outwardly at an angle to the base.

Referring more particularly to the views I provide a grate body 10 having' the usual apertures 11 therein, and 'integrally formed on the ends of the `grate body 1() are solid tlane'es 12, an integral si'ipporting flange 13 being formed at the middle portion of the grate body 10 and depending' from the 'under side thereof for a purpose that will be hereinafter more fully disclosed. Integrally formed on the grate body 10 adjacent the ends 12 thereof are retaining flanges lll extending downwardly and outwardly from the grate body 10 and forming' a space 15 between the outer flanges 12 and thel retaining flanges Ll. A base 1G is provided having the 'outer ends thereof bent upwardly to form prongs 17 having their ends 1S bent inwardly toward each other as shown in Fig. 2.

In the use of my device, the prongs 17 are lirst bent slightly outward and the grate Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 3, 1911i Patented May 12, 1914.

serial No. 624,740.

body l() is then disposed in position on the base 10 so that the supporting' flange 1.3 will repose approximately on the middle portion of the base 1(3 and on the upper side thereof, thus spacing' theJ remaining parts of the grate body l() from the base 1G. The prongs l? are then bent inwardly so that the ends 1S will be received in the spaces 15 ,formed by the flanges 12 and the [langes l-lf. The `grate body jl() and the base 1G will now be relatively connected as will be seen by referring to the views, air spaces 19 are formed between the grate body 10 and the base 1G and between the prongs 1T of the base lf3. liy providingthe air spaces 1E) as mentioned, when the Agratev bar described is used, the

grate body 1() will be at all times prevented from becoming' very warm owing to currents ol'l ail' circulating through the air spaces 10 and flowing' upwardly through the apertures 11, thus also increasingi the combustible efficiency of any fuel disposed on the upper side of the grate, body 10.

Should the lgrate body 1() for any reason wear out, a new ,grate body can be easily positioned to replace the old grate body by bendingI the prongs l? outuulrdly and removing' the old grate body and then positioning the new grate body in place of the old one and rebending' the prongs to engage the rotainiiur 'flanges 1-1l as heretofore described, thus seeuriirgthe new `grate body in. the proper manner relatively to the base 1G. Should the grate body for any reason bef come oyerheated itI will be prevented from bending' by the supporting' flange, 13, which, restingon the base 1G will siibstantially support the grate body in rigid position.

Ilaving thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, is:-

In a grate. bar, the combination with a ,grate body, ot' a base, a supporting' flange depending from the under side of the grate body at the medial portion thereof and engaging the base to support the grate body thereon, retaining llanges formed on the ends of the crate body and projecting ontwardly from the under side thereof, flanges formed on the ends of the grate body and projecting outwardly beyond the retaining In testimony whereof I aflix my signature flanges to provildehspzces between tie 1L'etainin presence of two witnesses.

inn" ianoes anc t e ast mentione ancres anl proigs projecting upwardly from L the JAMES B RDS' ends of the said base and bent around the Witnesses:

said retaining flanges to extend into the said W. B. MARION,

spaces. D. WV. ROBINSON.

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' Washington, D. C. 

